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We have compiled the latest news on the Stand n Seal "Spray-On" Grout Sealer recall. All of the news stories on this page require Adobe Acrobat to view. If you or a loved one has suffered respiratory problems as a result of exposure to Stand n Seal and you would like more information on pending lawsuits, please contact us. |
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Doctor Says Grout Sealer Caused Chemical Pneumonia |
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CNN | October 30, 2007 |
Dr. Walter Friedel had successfully completed plenty of do-it-yourself projects around his New Jersey home. So when he bought Stand 'n Seal tile grout sealer from Home Depot in October 2005, he never imagined it might make him sick. Friedel said he read the instructions before using the product. As suggested, he ventilated the area. Yet a half hour after spraying Stand 'n Seal on the tile floor in his hot tub room, he said he could barely breathe. Note: Walter Friedel, M.D. is represented by O'Steen & Harrison, PLC |
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The Caveat Emptor Commission |
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The New York Times | October 10, 2007 |
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Most consumers still believe that if a product is on the shelf of a reliable store like Home Depot, somebody has tested it and proved it safe. At the least, they assume they would have heard about any dangers, the way they know about toxic substances in Chinese toys and toothpaste. But as Eric Lipton reported in The Times this week, that can be a dangerous assumption to make. One harrowing example of a hazardous product is Stand ’n Seal, a spray designed to waterproof tiles and then “evaporate harmlessly.” At least two people died and 80 were sickened or hospitalized after using it in 2005. Yet more than two years after such reactions were reported to the manufacturer, to the stores that carried the product and to the federal government, some cans of the hazardous spray were still being sold to unwitting customers. |
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Dangerous Sealer Stayed on Shelves After Recall |
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The New York Times | October 8, 2007 |
Walter E. Friedel's plans to waterproof the tile floors of his hot tub room using Stand 'n Seal, a do-it-yourself product sold at his local Home Depot, promised to be a quick weekend project, one he could wrap up in time to catch the Giants football game on a Sunday afternoon. The product offered a "revolutionary fast way" to seal grout around tiles and, its label boasted, any extra spray would "evaporate harmlessly." "It sounds like no big deal, Dr. Frledel said, looking back. But instead of watching football that afternoon, Dr. Friedel, a 63-year-old physician, ended up being rushed to the hospital, where he would spend four days in intensive care, gasping for air, his lungs chemically inflamed. |
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Home Depot Faces Multiple Suits Alleging Health Hazards from Grout Sealer |
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Law.com | July 12, 2007 |
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| When Gwinnett County, Ga., resident James Flynn bought a spray can of grout sealer from his neighborhood Home Depot in July 2005, he could not have imagined that his purchase would land him in the hospital and cost him the use of a lung. | |
CBS4 Investigates Documents in Stand
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CBS4 Denver.com | November 10, 2006 |
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is being asked to reopen a case involving a home improvement product believed to have caused adverse health effects. About 300,000 cans of the product were recalled last year. The aerosol grout sealer called "Tile Perfect Stand n Seal" was the subject of a CBS4 investigation which revealed many consumers became sick after using the product. |
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CBS4 Investigates Issues with Tile Grout
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CBS4 Denver.com | November 9, 2006 |
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A home improvement product sold at Home Depot has changed the lives of perhaps thousands
of people forever. The reports of people becoming seriously ill, after using a product called Tile Perfect
Stand 'n Seal, first surfaced in Colorado last year. |
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Independence Woman Sues Company for Husband's
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Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier | April 30, 2006 |
After 34 years as a machinist at John Deere, the time came for Thomas Kayser to retire. The avid fisherman finally built the house he had dreamed of along the Wapsipinicon River. He never lived there. A day after reportedly applying Stand n Seal, a popular grout sealer, in August, Kayser was in a hospital. By mid-September chemical burns consumed Kayser's lungs, his family says. He died at 65. |
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Family Says Father Died After Using Stand n Seal |
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CBS4 Denver.com | November 29, 2005 |
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| At least two families have claimed their loved ones died after using a tile sealant that CBS4
first investigated last summer. The Kayser family in Iowa said they plan on filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Home Depot and the Roanoke Companies, the maker of Tile Perfect Stand 'n Seal. |
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Tile Sealant Makers Warned Builders, Not Consumers |
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CBS4 Denver.com | September 1, 2005 |
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After a CBS4 Investigation, homebuilders and remodelers were advised by the maker of a spray-on tile sealant to use a breathing device, while consumers were not. People across the country have been hospitalized with breathing problems after using the Stand 'n Seal product. |
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300,000 Cans of Stand n Seal Grout Sealer Recalled |
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NBC4i.com | September 1, 1005 |
Tile Perfect Inc. is recalling about 300,000 cans of Stand 'n Seal Spray-On Grout Sealer due to respiratory problems that sent at least 13 people to the hospital. The Illinois company said the product's odor is not chemically pungent enough to force consumers to minimize their exposure to the fumes. |
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9 Arizonans Report Stand n Seal Incidents to Poison Center |
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Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center | August 31, 2005 |
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| The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center warns Arizonans to avoid using an aerosol grout sealer that appears to have caused breathing difficulties and other toxic reactions in at least nine state residents since June. | |
CPSC, Tile Perfect Inc. Announce Recall of Stand n Seal Grout Sealer Due to Respiratory
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | August 31, 2005 |
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Stand 'n Seal "Spray-On" Grout Sealer sold in 2005. |
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Poison Center Gets Nearly 60 Calls From Stand n Seal |
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CBS4 Denver.com | August 29, 2005 |
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| The Rocky Mountain Poison Center said it has received reports of nearly 60 cases of people having health problems after using a spray-on tile sealant purchased at Home Depot. | |
Stand n Seal Tile Spray Recalled |
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CBS News | August 27, 2005 |
For the Himmelman family of Evergreen, Colorado, a simple home improvement turned into a family crisis. "I was in here sealing the grout lines of the shower. The product here is just a product you spray directly on," Brian Himmelman explains to CBS News Correspondent Rick Sallinger. |
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Federal Stand 'n Seal Lawsuits Consolidated in MDL |
| January 5, 2007—The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated all pending federal lawsuits alleging injuries from Stand n Seal in the Northern District of Georgia. The Honorable Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. will preside over the litigation. |
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